Medication Errors
Medications are commonly used to treat various medical conditions. However, medication errors and overdoses can occur due to an error by a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare provider. Medication errors constitute approximately a quarter of all medical malpractice cases, with failure to give the proper dosage the most common medication error. Nurses, who are the ones usually responsible for administering medication, along with the hospital they work for, are the medical professionals most regularly charged with malpractice for medication errors.
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Frequent medication errors include overdose, prescription of dangerous drug combinations, allergic reactions to a drug, failure to track appropriate dosage, and illegible handwriting of written prescriptions. Drug overdoses and medication errors can be lessened with proper training and technology. Negligence when writing a prescription is a consequential mistake that can cause serious damage or become fatal for a patient. Physicians must take many factors into consideration before prescribing a drug. Topics to consider include a patient’s medical history, weight, age, history with the drug or similar drugs, other medication interference, and other elements that affect the drug’s safety and effectiveness. If you or a loved one are a victim of a medication error, please contact Patricia A. Law and Associates Attorneys at law to speak with an experienced medical malpractice attorney.
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